Rare dual Belt Drive, V-Twin 2- cyl engine
cyclecar. New belt drives, up and running and ready to go! Perfect for the
person who thought they had everything.
Believed
to be the only twin belt tandem Pioneer Cyclecar in the USA based on the
original Stout design that came out first in 1912. If you find another, let us
know! This car is titled as a 1912 PNCC.
Cyclecars
were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the
late 1920s. Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or four
cylinder engines, often air cooled. Cyclecars were half way between motorcycles
and cars and were fitted with lightweight bodies, sometimes in a tandem
two-seater configuration and could be primitive with minimal comfort and
weather protection. The rise of cyclecars was a direct result of reduced
taxation both for registration and annual licenses of lightweight small engined
cars.
All
cyclecars were to have clutches and change-speed gears. This requirement could
be fulfilled by even the simplest devices such as provision for slipping the belt
on the pulley to act as a clutch, and varying of the pulley diameter to change
the gear ratio.
The
smaller cyclecars appeared around 1910 with a boom shortly before the outbreak
of World War I.
By the
early 1920s, the days of the cyclecar were numbered. Mass producers, such as
Ford, were able to reduce their prices to undercut those of the usually small
cyclecar makers. Similar affordable cars were offered in Europe such as the
Citroen 5CV, Austin 7 or Morris Cowley.
The
cyclecar boom was over. The majority of cyclecar manufacturers closed down.
This
vehicle is located at Atomic Motors Classic Car Sales and Restorations in
Henderson, NV just 20 mins from the fabulous Las Vegas Strip. Come down and see
us or call at 702-826-3811. We are on-line at www.atomicmotors.net
